Study on synthesis of polypyrrole via chemical polymerization method

Conductive polypyrrole (PPy) was synthesized using a chemical polymerization method in aqueous solution. A series of reactions were carried out with different reaction times of 240 mins and 20 mins. All results were compared to find the highest conductivity and yield. The formation of PPy was verifi...

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Main Authors: Bahraeian, Sobhan, Abron, Khatereh, Pourjafarian, Fatemeh, Abd. Majid, Rohah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/38958/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.795.707
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Summary:Conductive polypyrrole (PPy) was synthesized using a chemical polymerization method in aqueous solution. A series of reactions were carried out with different reaction times of 240 mins and 20 mins. All results were compared to find the highest conductivity and yield. The formation of PPy was verified with Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis which has detected the C-N and pyrrole stretching peaks at 1462 cm-1 and 1169 cm-1, respectively, while the x-ray diffraction (XRD) study has shown a broad halo pattern around 25° related to PPy. The PPy particles sizes of 5-20 microns were measured from the scanning electron microscope (SEM) image. It was found that in the presence of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (DBSNa) as surfactant, the highest conductivity value of 3.18 S/cm and yield of 68% were achieved at 20 mins reaction time and temperature of 0°C. © (2013) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.